Method for reducing hyperdynamic facial wrinkles

A method for cryogenically treating a target tissue to reduce or eliminate hyperdynamic wrinkles of a patient's face, said method comprising:

• providing a cryogenic device having one or more tissue penetrating needle probes;
• advancing the one or more tissue penetrating needle probes through skin at a first location and into the target tissue adjacent a lateral edge of an orbital rim of the patient's face, the target tissue intersecting a motor nerve;
• cooling the target tissue adjacent the lateral edge of the orbital rim of the patient's face with the one or more tissue penetrating needle probes;
• after cooling the target tissue adjacent the lateral edge of the orbital rim of the patient's face, positioning the one or more tissue penetrating probes at a second location adjacent to the target tissue that is posterior from the lateral edge of the orbital rim and between the lateral edge of the orbital rim and a hairline of the patient;
• cooling the target tissue at the second location with the one or more tissue penetrating needle probes such that the cooling treatment starts adjacent the lateral edge of an orbital rim on the patient's face and extends posteriorly toward the hairline of the patient's face;
• and
• reducing or eliminating hyperdynamic wrinkles of a patient's face.

A method for cryogenically treating a target tissue to reduce or eliminate hyperdynamic wrinkles of a patient's face, said method comprising:

• providing a cryogenic device having one or more tissue penetrating needle probes;
• advancing the one or more tissue penetrating needle probes through skin at a first location and into the target tissue adjacent the tragus, the target tissue intersecting a motor nerve;
• cooling the target tissue adjacent the tragus with the one or more tissue penetrating needle probes;
• after cooling the target tissue adjacent the tragus, positioning the one or more tissue penetrating probes at a second location adjacent to the target tissue that is anterior to the first location along a zygomatic arch;
• cooling the target tissue at the second location with the one or more tissue penetrating needle probes such that the cooling treatment starts adjacent the tragus and progresses anteriorly along the zygomatic arch of the patient's face;
• and
• reducing or eliminating hyperdynamic wrinkles of a patient's face.

A method for cryogenically treating a target tissue, said method comprising:

• providing a cryogenic device having one or more tissue penetrating needle probes;
• providing a treatment template having an alignment feature corresponding to an anatomical landmark on a face of a patient and a treatment guide configured to indicate a treatment path spaced apart from the anatomical landmark on the face of the patient that is associated with the alignment feature;
• aligning the treatment template on a temple region of the face of the patient by aligning the alignment feature of the treatment template with the corresponding anatomical landmark on the face of the patient;
• maintaining the treatment template on the temple region and drawing the treatment path on a surface of the skin as indicated by the treatment guide;
• advancing along the drawn treatment path the one or more tissue penetrating needle probes into the target tissue, the target tissue intersecting a motor nerve;
• cooling the target tissue along the treatment path with the one or more tissue penetrating needle probes so as to provide a continuous array of treated tissue in the face of the patient;
• temporarily disrupting signal conduction from the motor nerve thereby preventing contraction of a muscle operably coupled to the motor nerve;
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• reducing or eliminating hyperdynamic wrinkles of a patient's face.